If Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is elected governor of New Jersey in this year’s election, he’d make a lot of history. He’d be the ...

The arrest of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka has raised his profile nationally, shedding light on his rise to electoral power.

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is set to appear in federal court Thursday for a status conference on the Trump administration's ...

In an exclusive interview with TheGrio, Newark Mayor Ras ... history of the United States of America, with two during the post-slavery era, Reconstruction. “The thought of that is humbling ...

On his arrest, the private prison company GEO, and why he believes we’re heading into authoritarianism—but democracy will ...

David Cruz talks with NJ Gubernatorial candidates Ras Baraka & Mario Kranjac ... to discuss black history? Is that not American history? >> If it is American history, yes, right, David?

The candidate rolled his eyes at the question. Ras Baraka — mayor of Newark, son of activist poet Amiri Baraka and one of only two people of color running for governor — clearly has gotten ...

Ras Baraka, the longstanding mayor of Newark, N.J., was arrested Friday at an ICE detention facility in the city he governs. On the X platform, many are outraged that Mayor Ras Baraka was arrested ...

Newark Mayor Ras Baraka ... democracy,” Baraka said, referring to the Trump administration. “They love their proximity to power more than they love freedom. They love the history that they ...